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A towering 2022 prep continues to hear from the Duke basketball recruiters.
Westtown School (Pa.) big man Dereck Lively II, a 7-foot-1, 220-pound four-star who ranks No. 39 overall on the 247Sports 2022 Composite, was among the first in his class to hear directly from the Duke basketball staff last summer.
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Now, according to what Lively told Travis Branham of 247Sports this week, the interest from the Blue Devils has been fairly consistent as of late, with the bulk of it coming from Duke basketball associate head coach and recruiting sensation Jon Scheyer:
“They have been trying to build a relationship between me and them.